Hair-drier.



F. H. MYERS.

HAIR DRIER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 11, 1912.

1 ,070,7 1 6, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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FLORA H. MYERS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 0F TWO-THIRDS TO GRACE LAWRENCE HARPER, 0F HEADWATER, FLORIDA, AND GLENN MYERS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HAIR-DRIER.

Application filed June 11, 1912.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, FLORA II. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Driers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifi cation.

My invention relates to improvements in hair driers, and more particularly to a device for utilizing heated air from a furnace register, or the like, for drying hair, the principal objec-t'of the invention being to provide means for conducting the hot blast from the register to a convenient point for application to the hair of a person sitting near the register, and thereby obviate the discomfort usually incident to bringing the hair into a blast that is discharged directly from the register.

In accomplishing this object, I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a heater constructed according to my invention, showing its application to a wall register and to a chair upon which a person whose hair is to be dried may sit. F ig. II is a vertical section of the heater. Fig. III is a plan view of the blank from which the heater is formed.

Referring more in detail to the parts 1 designates the heater, which is preferably formed from heavy card board and comprises a hollow body 2 and an integral hood 3, the latter being preferably curved forwardly from the top of the body and provided with a downwardly and forwardly directed discharge mouth 4 at a height coincident with that of the head of an ordinary person sitting in a straight back chair.

The cross-section of the body is about the area of an ordinary floor register and is open so that when set over a register, heated air from the latter will rise through the body of the heater to be discharged onto the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 19,1913.

Serial No. 702,938.

head of a person sitting on a chair in front of the hood.

In the back of the body is an opening 5, of about the area and at the height of an ordinary wall register, so that when the heater is set against a wall heated air from the register will be discharged through the opening 5 to the discharge mouth, as with the floor register.

In order to regulate the blast through the heater, and prevent escape of the blast through the opening not being used, I provide same with slides 6-7, which are arranged adjacent to and are adapted to cover the intake openings, each slide being projected through a slot 89 in the side of the body 2 into guides or runways 10.

The heater may be fastened securely to the register by hooks 11 and to the chair by hooks 12, which are carried by the sides of the body and are adapted for attachment to the register and chair when the heater is placed.

When the heater is to be used it is placed over or against a register and fastened there to by the hooks 11. A chair is placed in front of the body beneath the mouth of the hood and the proper slide opened to admit the hot blast.

A woman, having washed her hair, sits in the chair with her hair within or directly in front of the hood so that the hot blast blows through the hair and quickly dries it.

It is apparent that when the drier is not in use it may be folded up and stored conveniently. It. is also apparent that the heater may receive its blast from any source, such as a range oven, or the like, when a furnace register in not accessible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a hair drier, a conduit comprising a body member having a front opening, and a rear portion curved over the body of the conduit and forwardly over the front opening, the forward end of said rear portion being curved downwardly to deflect heated air laterally and downwardly at the exterior of the conduit, and rigid portions adapted for cooperation with the rear portion to form a hood, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hair drier, a conduit comprising rigid, front, back and side members, the

former being of less height than the latter ing either of said openings when the other to form a discharge opening, and the back is in use, substantially as set forth.

member being extended over and forwardly In testimony whereof I aflix my signature of said opening to form a deflector, said in presence of two witnesses.

conduit being adapted for support on the FLORA H. MYERS. floor of a room, and having openings adapted for receiving heated air from a floor or Wall register, and slides adapted for cover- Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. BROWN, LETA E. COA'Is.

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